☞ The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her colonies, and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe : to which are added, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c.
Five editions: four in 1760 (London, Philadelphia, Boston, Dublin), and one in 1761 (London). Although some bibliographical authorities attribute this to Richard Jackson (1722–1787), more recent research clarifies this is Franklin's work: see (Ford 262) but most explicitly the brilliant and definitive work done in the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, “The Interest of Great Britain Considered, [17 April 1760], Founders Online, National Archives, orig. Papers, ed. Labaree, YUP: (1966), 9:47–100.
APS holds eleven copies: four editions from 1760, including two editions from London [1, 2], two Boston editions, including one presented by William S. Mason, and a second copy, as well as one Philadelphia 1760. APS also holds six London copies from 1761: one which has autograph inscription: 'presented by Jn. Vaughan' and below the title 'Supposed to have been written by Dr. Franklin,' a copy which bears manuscript note below title, 'By Franklin of New York' and "A pamphlet much esteemd," and which was presented by William S. Mason as well as a second copy presented by Mason, and a third from him, a fourth copy, including one presented by the descendants of Benjamin Vaughan through Mrs. George Gibson in 1991 that contains a list (handwritten in ink) of four other titles bound together with this title as well as the autograph of B.V. and the bookplate of Samuel Vaughan, as well as another Vaughan copy with the autograph inscription: 'presented by Jn. Vaughan' and below the title 'Supposed to have been written by Dr. Franklin.'